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- 24 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why Do We Tax?
understandably, balk at taxing genetic information. I think it's very unlikely that any real-world tax code will ever tax personal traits to a large extent. Q: You argue that research should include a role for the principle of Equal Sacrifice. Why? A: Most people,... View Details
- 17 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 17, 2007
the right balance between the private benefits of integrated markets and the public value of civic engagement, evidence on the size of the positive spillovers from local media is needed. To date, such evidence is scant. In this paper, we... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
Microsoft vs. Open Source: Who Will Win?
The model suggests that the more forward-looking buyers are, the more advantageous it is to use fear, uncertainty, and doubt (FUD) tactics to drive the competing system out. Consider SCO, a small "vulture" firm that had bought up the intellectual View Details
- 12 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 12, 2019
the firm and the open logic of the market. To successfully employ this model, firms must learn to shepherd communities, leverage them without exploiting them, and share intellectual property rights. Last Place Aversion in Queues By:... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 26 Feb 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Power of the Noncompete Clause
"intellectual property factory" in La Jolla, California in order to take advantage of the free(r) flow of talent. I'm surprised that more Massachusetts companies haven't opened offices just over the border in Connecticut, which... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 26 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 26, 2006
received extraordinary support from its oversized Scientific Advisory Board; it had developed and secured a strong intellectual property portfolio that creates high barriers to entry for any new market entrants; and, it had $13 million of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 4, 2008
How should he handle other issues like the architectural designs, the construction process, and the legal process? How should he balance all the competing demands on his time? This case serves as an introduction to the multifamily View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Aug 2024
- News
Quantum Leap
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Quantum computing has long been talked about as one of the next big things—the kind of technology, like AI, that will change everything. But to our... View Details
- 05 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 5, 2008
ad auctions as a dynamic game of incomplete information, so we can study the convergence and robustness properties of various strategies. In particular, we consider best-response bidding strategies for a repeated auction on a single... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 1
Fundamental principles of intellectual property rights and agricultural subsidies are described, along with the challenges of creating and operating multilateral institutions. The note begins with a brief... View Details
- 15 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 15
increase of 285% of a standard deviation in income. We also present different estimates of adaptation across subgroups. For example, we find that those on the right (left) of the political spectrum adapt to status (income) but not to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 16, 2008
sponsorship. With respect to end users and complementors, decisions to open or close a mature platform involve 1) backward compatibility with prior platform generations; 2) securing exclusive rights to certain complements; or 3) absorbing... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
City of Dreams
lived there. I spent a couple of months immersed in that community, with our mandate being to figure out how to move them. “We started investigating what their right was to be there in the first place,” he says. “Most had been paying... View Details
- 12 Dec 2018
- News
Lesson Plan
providers also faced reductions in jobs and pay. Another piece of the puzzle was the Scranton taxpayer, with a proposed 3.8 percent millage rate increase in property taxes. Even so, the district would need to borrow $4.1 million to make... View Details
- 21 Jun 2010
- Research & Ideas
Strategy and Execution for Emerging Markets
financial crises, and weak intellectual property rights. HBS professors Tarun Khanna and Krishna G. Palepu, authors of the new book Winning in Emerging Markets: A Road Map for Strategy and Execution (Harvard Business Press), offer an... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
The Long Run
smart, you know when somebody’s trying to game you.’ We junked the cute slogans and said, ‘Hey, shoot the reality at them. They’ll come to the right conclusion if you give them the right information.’ So... View Details
- 24 Jul 2013
- Op-Ed
Detroit Files for Bankruptcy: HBS Faculty Weigh In
the income taxes paid by residents with good jobs, from the tolls paid by drivers, from property and sales taxes. Without revenue, costs can't be covered. Can cities with high liabilities expect to be bailed out and propped up without... View Details
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Courses by Faculty Unit - Course Catalog
Entrepreneurial Management) Nori Gerardo Lietz Spring 2026 Q3Q4 3.0 Real Property John Macomber Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 Strategies for Value Creation - Abridged (SVC-S) (also listed under Strategy) Scott Mayfield Spring 2026 Q3 1.5 Sustainable... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Buddy, Can You Spare a Trillion
many ways, Wu Yajun is the personification of China’s newfound wealth. As one of Chongqing’s leading property developers, she is among the wealthiest women in China, worth over $9 billion — the living antithesis of those Scotsmen who made... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Drilling Down
competitors. An exploration and production company founded in 1967, CMS employs 180 workers in the United States, South America, and Africa. "Some of these mergers facilitate the purchase of properties that are no longer strategic to the... View Details